I'm new to LaTeX and have been trying to get my document to use a specified .bst bibliography style file, but to no avail. I downloaded my preferred .bst file (amnat.bst) from here into the same folder as my document. I've fruitlessly tried various combinations to try to get it to work (including \bibliographystyle{amnat}). I'm not sure if it's a matter of different libraries clashing or what, but I'm incredibly frustrated. I've also tried just setting the bibstyle to equal plain and it still doesn't work (also \bibliographystyle{plain}).

When I run:

pdflatex myTexDocument

I get the error message:

!Package biblatex Error: Style 'amnat' not found.

Also,

\RequireBibliographyStyle{\blx@bbxfile}

And (after pressing the Return key):

!Package biblatex Error: No driver found.

When I run the document without the extra bibstyle=amnat parameter for biblatex, I do not run into any errors.

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biblatex does not use .bst files (afaik one of the main goals for the development was to get rid of the bst language and instead just use latex commands for formatting). maybe you want to read the biblatex tag description or an introductory question
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matthJul 2 '12 at 15:35

1 Answer
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With biblatex, you can't use traditional .bst style files. Instead, you have to use either one of the bibliography styles that ship with biblatex or a third-party style specifically written for this package (e.g., biblatex-dw). Also, with biblatex, the \bibliographystyle command does nothing but produce a warning.